BEGINNING
CONVERSATION -- Textbook:
Japanese For Busy People I Romanized VERSION(Lessons 1-10) by Kodansha International. Introduction to
conversational
Japanese. The development of survival listening and speaking skills,
and
basic vocabulary.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
talk about nationalities and occupations; introduce yourself and
others; talk about a nearby object and its owner; ask for telephone
numbers; talk about the times of meetings and parties; ask the hours of
services in stores and hotels; ask the prices of items in a store and
make a purchase; ask what the size, color, and country of origin of an
item; buy items telling the clerk how many you need; talk about
where you will go, when, and with whom; talk about traveling
destinations, places and people to visit, dates
and times, and means of transportation; talk about tourist
destinations; describe what is inside a building; talk about numbers of
things or people and their whereabouts; talk about
everyday doings--what you will do, when and where. NO WRITING IS TAUGHT
IN THIS CLASS.

INTERMEDIATE
CONVERSATION -- Textbook: Japanese
For Busy PeopleI Romanized VERSION(Lessons
11-20) by Kodansha International.
(Prerequisite:
45 contact hours of Japanese or its
equivalent).
Continuation of BEGINNING
CONVERSATION. Upon completion of this course, you should be able
to: say how frequently you do something and give a brief reason
for why you do it, order food at a restaurant; talk about
characteristics of things and people, use basic greetings when visiting
people and receiving guests; talk about giving and receiving
gifts, praise someone's possessions; express your thoughts about
experiences, gratitudes, make telephone calls; talk about events,
invite someone or be invited to an event; make plans with someone; talk
about what you own, offer to help someone or accept or
reject someone's offer, give reasons for offering someone something,
invite someone to do something, or refuse someone's invitation;
talk about weekend plans and travel times, say what you will do in what
order; ask to have something delivered by a specific means from a
store or office, ask someone to do something for you, give directions
to a taxi driver; talk about going to a museum, length of stay; ask for
permission, grant or refuse
permission. NO WRITING IS TAUGHT IN THIS CLASS.

BEGINNING
1 -- Textbook: Japanese For Busy
People IRomanized VERSION(Lessons 1-7) by Kodansha International / AJALT.
Workbook: Handy
Katakana Workbook by Pearson
Custom. Introduction to elementary Japanese writing
(i.e., HIRAGANA) and sentence structures. Emphasis,
however, will be on development of conversational skills. Upon
completion of this level, you should be able to: talk about
nationalities and occupations; introduce yourself and others; talk
about a nearby object and its owner; ask for telephone numbers; talk
about the times of meetings and parties; ask the hours of services in
stores and hotels; ask the prices of items in a store and make a
purchase; ask what the size, color, and country of origin of an item
is, and buy it; buy items telling the clerk how many you need; talk
about where you will go, when, and with whom; talk about traveling
destinations, places and people to visit, dates and times, and means of
transportation.

BEGINNING
2 -- Textbook: Japanese For Busy
People IRomanized VERSION
(Lessons 8-16) by Kodansha International / AJALT. Workbook:
Handy Katakana
Workbook by Pearson Custom.
Introduction to KATAKANA characters, used for telegrams and
foreign names or places and people, will be
introduced. Upon completion of this level, you will be able
to: talk about tourist destinations; describe what is inside a
building; talk about numbers of things or people and their whereabouts;
talk
about everyday doings--what you will do, when and where; say how
frequently you do something and give a brief reason for why you do it,
order food at a restaurant; talk about characteristics of things and
people, use basic greetings when visiting people and receiving guests;
talk about giving and receiving gifts, praise someone's possessions;
express your thoughts about experiences, gratitude, make telephone
calls; make plans with someone; talk about what you own, offer to help
someone or accept or reject someone's offer, give reasons for offering
someone something, invite someone to do something, or refuse someone's
invitation. It is strongly recommended that the student purchase
the Japanese For Busy People
I Kana version as
well at this level.

BEGINNING
3-- Textbook: Japanese For Busy
People IKana version
(Lessons 17-25) by Kodansha International / AJALT. Upon
completion of this level, you will be able to: talk about
weekend plans and travel plans, say what you will do in what order; ask
to have something delivered by a specific means from a store or office,
give directions to a taxi driver; ask about travel times; ask for
permission, grant or refuse permission; forbid someone from doing
something, ask someone
not to do something; talk about what you are doing now, talk
about where you live and work, who your acquaintances are, ask someone
about something you are interested in; talk about someone's
likes, skills, and interests, introduce someone with details; talk
about what you want to do or where you want to live, exchange
information about a mutual interest. Some essential Kanji,
Chinese
characters, will be introduced.

INTERMEDIATE
1-- Textbooks: Situational
Functional Japanese
(Lessons
1-4, Vol. 1: Notes & Drills) by Bonjinsha. Continuation of
BEGINNING
3. More KANJI will be introduced. Upon completion of this level, the
student
will be able to: introduce himself or herself and others, start and end
a conversation, buy things and send mail at the post office, order
meals
and pay at the restaurant, ask whereabouts of things and people,
confirm
information.

INTERMEDIATE
2 -- Textbooks: Situational
Functional Japanese
(Lessons
5-8, Vol. 1: Notes & Drills). Continuation of INTERMEDIATE 1. All
sentences
are written in Japanese. Upon completion of this level, the student
will
be able to: ask information about a word, confirm understanding, ask
for
instructions, give an alternative, ask for telephone numbers, make an
appointment,
ask permission, and give a warning.

INTERMEDIATE
3 -- Textbooks: Situational
Functional Japanese
(Lessons
9-12, Vol. 2: Notes & Drills). Continuation of INTERMEDIATE 2 .
Upon
completion of this level, the student will be able to: consult a
doctor,
ask for advice, decline politely, cancel your order, ask for and give
directions,
confirm information, and express capability, and use levels of speech
with
great facility.

INTERMEDIATE
4-- Textbooks:Situational
Functional Japanese(Lessons
13-16, Vol. 2: Notes & Drills). Continuation of INTERMEDIATE 3 .
Upon
completion of this level, the student will be able to: apologize and
give
an excuse, make and accept an offer, describe things, thank or decline
offers of help, propose a joint course of action, substantiate a point
with reasons, phone a taxi and give directions to the driver.

INTERMEDIATE
5 -- Textbooks: Situational
Functional Japanese
(Lessons
17-20, Vol. 3: Notes & Drills). Continuation of INTERMEDIATE 4 .
Upon
completion of this level, the student will be able to: invite someone,
accept or decline an invitation, ask to speak to someone, arrange to
call
again, leave a message, express praise, start a conversation, explain a
procedure, express an opinion. Various aspects of Japanese culture will
be introduced and discussed in class.

INTERMEDIATE
COMPOSITION -- Textbook(s): TBA. (Prerequisite: 150 contact
hours
of Japanese or its equivalent). After a few quarters of this course,
the
student will be able to: meet a number of practical writing needs;
write
short, simple letters involving personal preferences, daily routines,
everyday
events, brief synopses and paraphrases, summaries of biographical data,
work and school experience, write a number of frequently-encountered
Kanji,
demonstrate a basic control of both simple and complex sentence
structures;
distinguish formal and informal styles. [Currently Not Offered]

READING 1&k JLPTn5
-- Textbooks: 1. Nihongo
Noryoku Shiken Level 5 by Bonjinsha.
Students develop Japanese language proficiency (NIHONGO NORYOKU Level
5). Get to know the
real
NIHONGO NORYOKU SHIKEN's format, question types, and
scoring.
Practice and learn key test-taking strategies for the Nihongo
Noryoku
Shiken N 5. 2. Basic
KANJI Book (Lessons 1-18, Vol. 1) by
Bonjinsha and teacher-made
materials. Introduction to basic reading and
writing of KANJI (Chinese characters). Acquisition of basic
communication skills through reading modern Japanese.
Approximately 200 essential KANJI characters will be
introduced and taught through reading excercises. Through
reading Kanji in Japanese sentences and paragraphs, the
students will increase their knowledge of Kanji and sentence
patterns. The contents of this
course will
change from quarter to
quarter. Prerequisite:
150 contact hours of Japanese or
equivalent.

READING 2&k JLPTn4
-- Textbooks: 1. Nihongo
Noryoku Shiken Level 4 by Bonjinsha.
Students develop Japanese language proficiency (NIHONGO NORYOKU Level
4). Get to know the
real
NIHONGO NORYOKU SHIKEN's format, question types, and
scoring.
Practice and learn key test-taking strategies for the Nihongo
Noryoku
Shiken N 4. 2. Basic
KANJI Book (Lessons 19-32, Vols. 1&2). Upon
completion of this course, the student should be able to:
know and use in sentences the ON-KUN readings for
approximately 370 KANJI characters. Fifty plus
percent of class time will be spent on reading short stories and
essays to increase your knowledge of word collocation and sentence
patterns. The contents of this
course will
change from quarter to
quarter. Prerequisite: Reading 1&k or its
equivalent.

READING 3&k JLPTn3
-- Textbooks: 1. Nihongo
Noryoku Shiken Level 3 by Bonjinsha.
Students develop Japanese language proficiency (NIHONGO NORYOKU Level
3). Get to know the
real
NIHONGO NORYOKU SHIKEN's format, question types, and
scoring.
Practice and learn key test-taking strategies for the Nihongo
Noryoku
Shiken N 3. 2. Basic
KANJI Book (Lessons 33-45, Vol.
2). Upon completion of this course, the student
should be able to: (a) gain experience and confidence with
practice
JLPT tests and
exercises, (b) know and use in sentences
the ON-KUN readings for approximately 500 KANJI characters.
Through reading Kanji in Japanese sentences and paragraphs,
the students will also increase their knowledge of Kanji. The contents of this
course will
change from quarter to
quarter. Prerequisite: Reading 2&K or its
equivalent.

PRACTICAL
COMMUNICATION -- Textbook(s): Prepared by instructor.
(Prerequisites: 300 contact
hours of Japanese or its equivalent & PT300). After several
quarters
of this course, the student will be able to: (a) expand vocabulary,
comprehension,
and other communication skills; (b) develop linguistic and
communicative
competence, understand "Speaking Rules" and the relation between
linguistic
form and function in Japanese; and (c) recognize degree of formality,
uses
of silence, appropriateness of questions, types of questions, gender
and
age-related restrictions depending on to whom and when he or she talks.
The contents of this course will
change from quarter to
quarter.

READING
FOR COMPREHENSION -- Textbook(s): TBA (high interest
selections
such as short stories, essays, newspaper & magazine articles,
general
stories, etc.). (Prerequisites: 350 contact hours of Japanese or its
equivalent
& PT300). The instructor will help students analyze, synthesize and
interpret general reading materials including some with abstract
concepts;
increase speed and comprehension in silent reading; develop the skill
to
deduce the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary from context; read for
enjoyment;
and at the same time gain new vocabulary words and sentence
structures.
[Offered in winter & spring]